In 2021, women accounted for 41.7 percent of digital video gamers in the United States. An overview of all Digital Markets can be found here. Statista’s Digital Market Outlook offers forecasts, detailed market insights and essential performance indicators of the most significant areas in the “Digital Economy”, including various digital goods and services. Alongside revenue forecasts for 50 countries worldwide, Statista offers additional insights into consumer trends and demographic structure of digital consumer markets.
Distribution of digital video game users in the United States in 2021, by gender
* Estimate. Video Games are defined as fee-based video games distributed over the internet. Download games include downloads of full versions for gaming consoles or PCs (installation required), mobile games for smartphones and tablet devices (paid app downloads and in-app-purchases), paid or free-to-play online games which can be either played directly in the internet browser or via clients that need to be installed (subscription-based or including in-game purchases) as well as subscription-based gaming networks such as Xbox Live Gold, PlayStation Plus or Nintendo Switch Online. Physical video game sales and demo/trial versions are not included. Further information on methodology can be found here.
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Statista. (October 30, 2021). Distribution of digital video game users in the United States in 2021, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/460142/digital-games-users-gender-digital-market-outlook-usa/
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Statista. (2021). Distribution of digital video game users in the United States in 2021, by gender . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/460142/digital-games-users-gender-digital-market-outlook-usa/
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